India’s renewable energy dream needs to be realistic, can’t just follow Western countries

Published: January 4, 2019 1:26:46 AM

Both China and the UK have witnessed considerable slowdown in renewable energy capacity additions post phasing out of subsidies.

Land acquisition in itself is a big issue. Further, given the lower plant load factor (PLF) of renewable power (11-31% as per government estimates) compared to coal, the producers have to set up at least 4-5 times bigger power plants to meet the requirement.